Inpatient hospital medicine

23^rd World Nurse Practitioner Conference

September 28-29, 2017 Dubai, UAE

Nycole Oliver

Sparks Health System, USA

Keynote: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Hospital medicine is one of the most rapidly emerging medical specialties in the United States. According to the American Association of Nurse Practitioner Database (2016), over 222,000 nurse practitioners are licensed in the United States. Almost eight percent are certified in acute care and nearly 50 percent are credentialed in the hospital setting. Over the past several years, a mandated reduction in work hours for medical residents has increased the demand for nurse practitioners (NPs) in the hospital setting, however, a deficiency of specialized education has the potential to limit the opportunity for NPs. The purpose of this presentation is to describe the role of the nurse practitioner in the hospital setting, discuss strategies of the hospitalist nurse practitioner for admissions and rounding and identify approaches for precepting nurse practitioner students in the inpatient setting.

Biography :

Nycole Oliver is a Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner and attained both Associates and Baccalaureate degrees in Nursing from the University of Arkansas, USA. She has completed both her Masters in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of South Alabama. Prior to her graduation, she has worked in the Emergency Room as an Emergency Room Technician and as a Registered Nurse beginning in 2004.